The Department of Education-Aurora with the help of Cong. Sonny Angara conducted a 6-day Theater Arts Workshop at the Aurora National Science High School Training Hall on May 17-22, 2006. Mrs. Rosanna Querijero, Social Studies Supervisor organized the workshop. John Arcilla, award-winning actor and theater veteran facilitated the event with the help of another theater and television actor.
After six days, the participants were able to produce a play/musical that they presented during the closing ceremony. Mrs. Ilovita Mesina remarked that in all cultural presentations she saw in Aurora, this is the one that most embodied the soul and spirit of Baler and Aurora. I agree. The show was great especially the songs they composed and the way they use local Baler dialects. There are plans of expanding the play and presenting it in a bigger venue.
The picture above shows the first group depicting lives of local fishermen and their families.
